bắt đầu khởi đầu 
begin 
When is the beginning of time? ☊ 
Sự khởi đầu của thời gian là khi nào? ☊ Nominalization like: khởi đầu → →
anfänglich ☊ ban đầu, khởi đầu ☊ 
开始的 ☊ kāishǐ de anfänglich ☊ ban đầu, khởi đầu ☊ ☊ We missed the beginning of the movie. ☊ beginning ☊
The birth of their first child marked the beginning of a new era in their married life. ☊ beginning ☊
The team has had a disappointing start to the season. ☊ disappointing ☊
This is the opportunity he needs to make a fresh start (= to try sth new after not being successful at sth else). ☊ fresh ☊
I can't get that tune out of my head. ☊ head ☊
Try to put the exams out of your head (= stop thinking about them) for tonight. ☊ head ☊
They were all waiting on the starting line. ☊ line ☊
I like a story with a beginning, a middle and an end. ☊ middle ☊
I was woken by the noise of a car starting up. ☊ noise ☊
The wedding marked the beginning of a new phase in Emma's life. ☊ phase ☊
He picked the nuts off the top of the cake. ☊ pick ☊
The home team did well to repair a bad start. ☊ repair ☊
I can't get rid of this headache. ☊ get rid of sb/sth ☊
They worked hard to give their children a good start in life. ☊ start ☊
a perfect start to the day ☊ start ☊
If we don't hurry, we'll miss the start of the game. ☊ start ☊
The meeting got off to a good/bad start (= started well/badly). ☊ start ☊
This could be the start of something big. ☊ start ☊